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Personal info

Full name
TRANDEM, Marvin Franklin
Date of birth
28 April 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Ostico, Waseka County, Minnesota
Hometown
Steele County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37321935
Rank
Corporal
Function
Gunner
Unit
A Company,
31st Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
24 December 1945
Place of death
Crossroads of the N626 and Prümer Berg
Sankt Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Christian Trandem (father)
Agnes A. (Carlson) Trandem (mother)
Gerald Trandem (brother)
Paul Trandem (brother)
John Trandem (brother)
Darris Trandem (sister)
Robert Trandem (brother)
Clayton Trandem (brother)

More information

Marvin Trandem's father immigrated from Norway.

He was last seen in the woods 0.5 miles north of St Vith, Belgium on 23 December 1944 during the defense of St Vith. During an enemy artillery barrage, his tank was knocked out and the crew had to dismount. The enemy counter-attacked and infiltrated through the lines, took the ground on which the tanks of the company were located. The whereabouts of the crew were therefore unknown.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm - IDPF, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.fold3.com